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Wednesday, January 20, 1904
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The Headlines
HIGH TENSION AT SEOUL.; Russia Complains That Korean Soldiers Are Causing Trouble -- Korea Bids Her Not to Interfere.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
Kerry Mills
The must-have
Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
You Share a Birthday With
- André-Marie Ampère (1775)
- Johannes V. Jensen (1873)
- Charles III of Spain (1716)
- Gordian III (225)
- Alp Arslan (1029)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Offset Printing Press, Vacuum Diode Tube & Teabags.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
44,697 days ago
(122 years, 167 days)